Supawan Teerarat, Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development and Innovation, TCEB, said, “The AMVS programme has been developed as a result of the nationwide success of the Thailand MICE Venue Standard (TMVS) which initiated by TCEB. TCEB has defined a strategic roadmap throughout the development course and has been working closely with the nine member countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. TCEB had organised five meetings to provide details and clarify the criteria of the AMVS standards for the member countries. At present, the AMVS cover three categories, namely (1) Meeting/Conference Venue or Room (2) Exhibition Venue, and (3) Event Venue. The standards include three key criteria namely 1. Physical Setting (32 indicators) 2. Technology (10 indicators) and 3. Service (13 indicators). There are altogether 55 indicators while all of the country members had participated and nominated the venues for the assessment.”

List of venues certified ASEAN MICE Venue Standard (AMVS)

Brunei

1. Radisson Hotel Brunei Darussalam

2. The Empire Hotel & Country Club

3. V plaza Hotel Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

1. Sokha Siem Reap Resort & Convention Center

2. Garden City Hotel

3. Sokhalay Angkor Resort and Spa Hotel

4. Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf & Spa Resort

5. Apsara Palace Resort & Conference Center

Indonesia

1. Bali Nusa Dua Hotel

2. Raffles Jakarta

3. Four Season Hotel Jakarta

4. The Trans Resort Bali

5. Ayana Midplaza Jakarta

Laos

1. Lao Plaza Hotel

2. Landmark Mekong Riverside Hotel

3. Don Chan Palace Hotel & Convention

4. Muong Thanh Luxury Vientiane Hotel

5. Luang Prabang View Hotel

Malaysia

1. Nexus Resort & Spa Karambunai, Sabah

2. Pullman Hotel and Resort, Kuching, Sarawak

3. Bukit Gambang Resort City, Pahang

4. Sunway Putra Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

5. Shangri-la’s Rasa Sayang Resort & Spa

Myanmar

1. Hilton Nay Pyi Taw

2. Novotel, Yangon

3. Melia, Yangon

4. Hotel Max, Nay Pyi Taw

5. Thingaha Hotel, Nay Pyi Taw

Philippines

1. Conrad manila

2. Radisson blu cebu

3. Crimson hotel filinvest city

4. Waterfront cebu city hotel & Casino

5. JPark Island Resort & Waterpark

Singapore

1. Grand Hyatt Singapore

2. The Ritz Carlton, Millenia Singapore

3. Marina Bay Sands

4. Resorts World Sentosa

Vietnam

1. JW Marriott Hanoi

2. Diamond Bay Resort & Spa

3. FLC Quy Nhon Resort

4. Muong Thanh Luxury Can Tho

5. Vinpearl Ha Long Resort

Thailand

1. Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok

2. Centara Grand at CentralWorld

3. Chaophya Park Hotel

4. Chatrium Hotel Riverside Bangkok

5. Sheraton Hua Hin Resort & Spa

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Fri, 10 Nov 2017 05:24:52 +0000http://micebreakingnews.com/?p=13142The final day of WTM London 2017 concluded with WTM Festivals, allowing visitors to experience the culture, hospitality and cuisine of the Caribbean, Tokyo, Indonesia, Ecuador, Bulgaria, Ghana, Senegal and Brazil. Pertinent issues such as Brexit, overtourism and development were debated among the tourism ministers’ agenda. The annual UNWTO and WTM Ministers Summit debated strategies to cope with overtourism, which is threatening the tourism trade in destinations such as Barcelona, Venice and Amsterdam. Taleb Rifai, Secretary General, UNWTO, said there have been many protests against overtourism in 2017, with slogans such as “tourists go home” and “tourists are terrorists.” He warned, “We cannot continue to build five-star hotels in three-star communities. We need to diversify visitors’ activities, reduce seasonality and raise awareness of less busy destinations.”

WTM brought together the leadership of the International Hotel Investment Forum and WTM London’s expertise to create an exclusive platform for ministers and investors in travel destination development. Keith Evans, Vice President Hotels, Starwood Capital, highlighted Greece’s potential, “There’s a good strong fundamental tour infrastructure; Greece is setting itself up as a market that has an interesting few years ahead.”

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Tue, 11 Jul 2017 01:59:42 +0000http://micebreakingnews.com/?p=12528The second leg of this year’s GPS, starting July 13, will launch an unique programme of introducing educational workshops with international destinations. Harmandeep Singh Anand, Managing Director, GPS, says, “We have started working with international tourism boards to do an educational workshop for travel agents starting this September-October. Titled ‘GPS Educational Destination Workshop – International’ (EDWIn), it will involve interested agents signing up to travel to a particular international destination to learn about the country at a highly subsidised participation fee.”

GPS has already tied up with Singapore Airlines as its international airline partner as well as Genting HK. It is also in talks with various NTOs including Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea, UAE, Egypt, Turkey and Greece. GPS will soon launch a similar programme for domestic destination in partnership with various state boards. Anand explains further, “This will be open only to tier II and tier III travel agents as they are the ones who don’t get enough exposure to the trade as against those in metro cities.”

Hitting five more cities through July and August this year is the second leg of the Global Panorama Showcase (GPS – the multi-city trade show for tier II and III cities). It will start with Ahmedabad on July 13, going on to Chandigarh on July 20, Kolkata on July 27, reaching Kochi on August 3 and ending in Pune on August 10. The show will stay in each of these cities for three days.

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Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:54:41 +0000http://micebreakingnews.com/?p=12419Pullman Tokyo Tamachi is being developed as part of the MSB Tamachi mixed-used complex and will open for the fall of 2018. Featuring 143 rooms, the contemporary designed hotel successfully connects the international style of Pullman with a delicate touch of Japanese art and culture. This business and leisure hotel includes meeting facilities and unique dining concepts. The hotel is directly connected to the JR Tamachi Station east exit and a three-minute walk from the Toei Subway Mita Line. From the hotel to the Haneda International Airport is about 30 mins by public transport and just one stop from JR Shinagawa station to Osaka and Kyoto via bullet train.

Patrick Basset, Chief Operating Officer for Upper Southeast and Northeast Asia, AccorHotels, “The increasing inbound market, especially from Korea and other Asian countries (China, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam) is on a continuous positive trend which will be amplified as the country will benefit from the worldwide attention with the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympic Games.”

“The global nomad is Pullman’s representation of the new generation of travelers and business leaders who fully and naturally blend work and leisure,” said Eric D’Ignazio, Vice President Japan, AccorHotels.

]]>16th APLIC 2017 from May 17-19 in Malaysiahttp://micebreakingnews.com/16th-aplic-2017-from-may-17-19-in-malaysia/
Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:56:53 +0000http://micebreakingnews.com/?p=11910Malayasia will play host to the 16th Asia Pacific Life Insurance Congress (APLIC) from May 17-19, 2017, at Resorts World, Genting Highlands. Organised by the National Association of Life Insurance and Family Takaful Advisors (NAMLIFA), this is the third time that Malaysia is conducting APLIC after that in 1993 and 2005. The congress is a biennial event that will be co-hosted by member countries of the Asia Pacific Financial Services Association (APFinSA) together with support of Malaysia Convention & Exhibition Bureau (MyCEB), an agency under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture Malaysia. Themed as “Together As One”, the congress aims to promote the business development and productivity of financial services professionals. More than 5,000 life insurance practitioners from 13 countries including Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Australia, China and Malaysia will attend the bi-annual event, making it the largest financial services congress in the region.

“The 16th APLIC being an international event, is set to promote Malaysia as an international Meetings, Incentives, Conventions & Exhibition destination in Asia. As we target at least 60 per cent of foreign participation, the inflow of foreign participants will also boost the tourism industry in Malaysia that will have a direct and spillover effect on the local economy,” said Tang Kia Sing, Organising Chairman of the 16th APLIC.

]]>Malindo Air offers its biggest sale for 2017http://micebreakingnews.com/malindo-air-offers-its-biggest-sale-yet-for-2017/
Fri, 03 Mar 2017 05:59:42 +0000http://micebreakingnews.com/?p=11844Malindo Air has announced exclusive fares to Business and Economy Class travellers during its ‘Early Bird Gets the Deal’ offer, to fully enjoy a premium service. The promotional fares available between February 27 and March 5, 2017, will be valid for all purchases made online, over the counter at all Malindo Air ticketing offices and through travel agencies. Travel validity is from 1 April 2017 until 30 November 2017. The fares are available for Malaysian domestic flights and flights to Singapore, Australia, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam. CEO of Malindo Air, Chandran Rama Muthy, said “This is our biggest sale yet for 2017 with over 1,000,000 seats up for grabs. As this sale offers super value deals on both domestic and international routes, we are very optimistic that it will be a great success. We are certain our guests will be very excited over the affordable fares that come with our premium service of extra legroom, on board meals, in-flight entertainment and 30kg baggage allowance.”
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Tue, 13 Sep 2016 09:45:13 +0000http://micebreakingnews.com/?p=11023The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) India Chapter bagged the PATA Award of Excellence 2016. The award was presented at the Welcome Board Dinner at PATA Travel Mart in Greater Jakarta, Indonesia. Runeep Sangha, Executive Director, PATA India Chapter said, “It is a matter of great pride for us to be selected from 41 other chapters around the world to receive such a prestigious award. It underscores the commitments and efforts of our members, and their unending support to the tourism industry in India. Our focus is on value delivery to our members and we continue to strive for excellence for years to come.”
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